- precipitin
- precipitin [prē sip′ə tin, prisip′ə tin]n.[ PRECIPIT(ATE) + -IN1]an antibody produced in the blood of an animal injected with a soluble antigen: when the antigen is added to blood serum from such an animal, a precipitate forms
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.
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